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EC "'Wndivided profit reserve of $994,000 | "Fapidly, with the result tw t";' %1 ¢ iE setting aside over a _ million | ced mhivale embers are responding! : ' for depreciation and mineral | and ? te mom, legislation. Evi---- & ; on. In view of these figures 3""'" e premie hint that de-- | | 'he thought the time had come for & oc o e 0s beterated had £ n.&n.ement, so that the nickel in-- lays would not be tolerai dustry would contribute a . proper 1t EOOE _ _____._.. c Gonieprmantess mort]on to the requirements of the ¥er"t""naa unds Ts * ince. . WePTine. mecres (ouabury) say FEARFUL LEST FARMERS no reason why the industries in the ] district of Sudbury should be singled SUFFEB AVY T ms out. 1P Mr. Proudfoot (Centre Huron) was surprised that the Provincial Treasur-- mueamimmanass er, when he was so anxious ito tcol;;g;' | TORONTO--HAMILTON -- HIGHWAY the life insurance companies to # | PEND +did not go after this splendid source | BILL DISCUSSED ING of revenue--the nickel corporations. | THIRD READING. Hen. Mr. McGarry remarked that | codictartedicessortaied Wetaaniants | the nickel companies paid all they h were asked, and the insurance com-- Further progress was made wit I panies lt'-e:lueed to pay what they the Toronto--Hamilton highway bill were asked. No Mr. A. CG. Pratt (South Norfolk} py the Select Committee of the Leg advocated the prohibition of the ex~ | islature yesterday, -- but without port of nickel until the end of the | achieving such results that the bill -- war. | was in a condition to be reported to Admll'a"y iS satlelefl, | the House for a third reading. An-- | other sitting of the committee will Says Mr. Ferguson| have to be held. ~Hon. Mr. Ferguson--Does the hon.' The questions raised on behalf of member want us to do sometlh:ng; the various munlc!pallutles identified he vi f the British | with the road were mostly upon min-- x':ll:nu;:ar{tytow;mea;:a,c:at?sfled with thc; or points, and the bona't;deg of the safeguards? The British Government| Commission were sustained by a are behind the movement so far as' statement on behalf of the Govern-- we are concerned in permitting the | ment that all trafic regulations pro-- nickel industry to go on as it is to-- | mulgated would first be subject to day. f the approval of the Lieutenant--Gov-- Mr. Allan Studhoime (East Ham-- ernor in Council, and the municipali-- ilton) objected to being tied to the ties interested would be consulted. apron strings of the Ilmperial (Gov-- Councillor Morden _ of Trafalgar ernment on a matter of this kind. | was fearful for the farmers along the Did they mean to tell them that; the | highway, who in addition to ayin mother country knew as much about their share of the township gor';trlg-' the nickel! industry as the Prime Min-- [ bution, would have also the frontage ister ? | t:.x.l },ff 1'\:va.nted to be assured that! % & t if the highway cost more than $600, -- | § For Public O_."""""sm"" § 000 estimated the extra cost would Mr. Sam Ciarke (West Northum-- | not all go back upon, the property ?)ertlzn_d) th;)dughl. an;e Prtor:rince f "l'cf*j :;?rrx'g ft;):ml:rgshyai.e"'rhi: might force, ntario cou manage e whole i 0 out. tml&g gds well a(smthe corpgflral:i(;ns.b ' WA]r(;%therk T:fifalgg: rrtnmx, Councillor r. Mageau (Sturgeon Falls) ob-- | aldbroo oug 8 was not jected to the prohibition of export, as | gested as a solution that the Com-- it would mean the shutting up of one | mission widen the area of the spe-- of the largest and greates lndustries.| clal tax. Districts farther back were not only to the north, but to the benetf}iltiniia}s: well asd those fronting whole Dominion. on e WMsShway, and it was only Admitting that there was a strong right that they should pay. case against the International Nickel Mr. Geo., H. Gooderham pointed go..er. R. R. Gamey (Manit'oulln) out that these people were already oubted whether this was the time to taxed through the townshi , but R move. Under the circumstances, the Waldbrock thought this pwas ?,1& Government was taking the only safe enough. He combatted strongly the' course of dealing with it in appoint-- proposal that the township be al. ing a Commission. }owlefd to %pportion the rate to suit. , tself, as this would leave those along Liberals Protest lt)ho highwaly at the mercy of thgi , # ack township men. AgamSt Ge"'ymandfir The clause giving the Commission § Anotherha.ttampt by the Opflpositlon ?'?:C:rs' t(;tcren:)on' eeitg:re s'sid: ug(fimtisé o stop the overnment's effort to ; art WHa aA change the boundaries of the riding road was adopted after a slight am-- of East Middlesex by restoring cer-- endment. _It was shown that there tain portions of the ycity of Ifondon d "ow encroachments on the high-- was stubbornly contested in commit-- l:"""'d that will have to be removed. tee. The Attorney--General charged | Shade trees may be planted by the the Opposition and The Globe with oliésion and charged against misrepresentation, and reiterated his maintenance, _ f previous statement that when the re-- After the bill is redrafted it will ctlllgtlrtbultlo:n rmn;.sur?t was before th3 ;'éfi'ten}'ffi.'{a;"r further consideration | se last session never occurre 4 * that a change should be made in East ------------mnmnmemmemmeces Middlesex, and he argued that the special act was not overridden by the general law. *"*You are making a cha.nge in the law," protested Mr. W. roudfoot (Centre Huron). "If there was an election four years hence the Liberal C candidate would doubtless have a better chance of winning if the two townships were not restored. That is why I say this is a gerrymander. Why don't the honorable gentleman make the same change in East Hamllton?' The argument is as good there." "East Middlesex was carved out by the old Government, and it remains that way," continued Mr. Lucas. | "It is all right for my honorable | friend to try and get away from the ' gubject by saying that we don't un---- ' derstand," replied Mr. Proudfoot | ' with emphasis. "That won't dtvert' * : attention from the true situation." ' An amendment -- offered by Mr. | ' Proudfoot was rejected. | "It seems to me incredible that at this first session the Government should start to cut up the riding boundaries. The political geography will be terrible before the next elec-- . tion arrives," said Mr. g. Clarke ; (West Northumberland). ; Many Private Bills. ? A large number of private bills were introduced at the beginning of ' the sitting. The Standing Orders * Committee is certifying to the bills *